Blue Mist Caryopteris

The Blue Mist Caryopteris is a mounding deciduous shrub with many slender stems, growing 2 to 3 feet tall and wide. It has aromatic blue-green to sage-green leaves with silvery undersides that shimmer in the breeze. By mid-summer, and through into the fall, every stem is crowned with clusters of powder-blue flowers that attract butterflies and other insects. Use it in the front of beds, bordering paths and terraces, and among rocks and gravel in hot, dry places. Excellent in planters in warm zones.

• Wreathed in a cloud of powder-blue mid-summer into fall
• Low mounded form for the front of beds
• Blue green foliage with silver undersides
• Very drought tolerant and thrives in heat and dryness
• Easily grown with just a quick spring trim

Full sun and well-drained soil will give you the best results with the Blue Mist Caryopteris. This tough plant thrives in heat and it is very drought resistant. It is root hardy in cooler zones and fully hardy in zones 7 and 8, but quickly re-sprouts and blooms on new shoots, so it will be successful everywhere. Free of pests, avoided by deer and rabbits, and disease free in well-drained soils, this beautiful but easy to grow plant can find a home in every garden.